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<title>Breaking Down the Walls of Predictability133;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Breaking Down the Walls of Predictability&#133;

On one of the photography forums a photographer who read my article &#147;A Funny Thing Happened to Me in the Camera Store&#148; responded by saying &#147;&#133;Thanks for sharing. Still waiting on my accident.&#148; I thought about her remark and my response was the following;

Whenever you are about to do what you think SHOULD be done, stop yourself, take a deep breath and do the opposite. If you think you are coming in too close to the subject, come in closer. If you set up your lights for a subject with your intended orientation to be at point &#147;x&#148;, move to point &#147;y&#148;.&nbsp; If you&nbsp; are standing up to take the shot, don&#146;t. Get up on a ladder or lay down on the floor to do your capture. If your images look too bright make them brighter. If someone tells you that your images are too dark, make them darker. If your images are looking too normal, fuck them up. If you are worried about camera shake, don&#146;t.&nbsp;&nbsp; If the dress the model is wearing is begging for the classic accessory, don&#146;t do it.&nbsp; Take that Lagerfeld dress and stick a 3,95&#128;&nbsp; tacky&nbsp; &#147;Eiffel Tower&#148; huge chain around her neck.

Breaking down the walls of Predictability is a tough call. If all of the competing photographers are cropping one way that is in &#147;Fashion&#148; do it the other way. When I was using film, I would go to the store and ask, &#147;what is the shittiest or most obscure brands that you have?&#148; Ever tried Konicachrome or 3M or &#147;CrappyChrome&#148;. Everyone was shooting Ektachrome&#133;BORING. I would use Agfachrome 1000 ASA film. Polachrome or anything that would make my stuff stand out from the norm. I would set up shots using totally insane Fashion Stylists, Make-Up and Hairstylists, telling them to fly and that fear is the greatest hindrance to creativity. Let accidents happen. That is how they happen. Better yet, don&#146;t even worry about them happening, just be open to the possibilities. Don&#146;t be AFRAID to be different.&nbsp; Just BE.

Thanks for your inspiration &#147;Becky T&#148;

Ben:-)
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<pubDate>2009-11-09 05:14:08</pubDate>
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<title>[Cam] Powershot S90</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I've given up on the Panasonic LX3 being unavailable.
I'm looking at the Canon S90.
Anyone have an opinion on this camera

It shoots raw and has a 28mm to 105mm, 35mm equivalent zoom and max aperture f2.0. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-08 10:47:50</pubDate>
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<title>Photoshop keyboard shortcuts</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23302589</link>
<description><![CDATA[For anyone that spends time using photoshop you know the shortcut keys can save you a lot of time

Here's a PDF with every single short cut if you ever forget one :)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-06 14:34:27</pubDate>
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<title>[Cam] DPReview&#x27;s Canon EOS 7D Review</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23311131</link>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos7d/

Short and Sweet Conclusion
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos7d/page30.asp]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-08 17:35:41</pubDate>
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<title>I want a new camera!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have a nice "point and shoot" Canon camera, it takes good pictures in my mind, but I would like to extend this more.

I don't want a fancy 1000 dollar camera, but I would like once I  can choose a lens (wide, and or good zooming) but takes good clear pictures also. 
I am not a heavy or fancy picture taker, but I hope if I have something to use, I will get better. 

Ideas welcome! ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-04 22:47:23</pubDate>
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<title>A Funny Thing Happened to Me In the Camera Store</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23310083</link>
<description><![CDATA[&#147;A Funny Thing Happened to Me In the Camera Store&#148;

Just wish to share this little story with you that you may find interesting&#133;

I want to shake you ALL up&#133;I never studied photography&#133;I never wanted to be a photographer. I studied architecture and played drums in a punk rock group. I literally fell in to photography by ACCIDENT..Everything I learned was by experimenting. I was such a bad photographer when I started, that if I got lucky and took a good image and was asked to replicate it I couldn&#146;t. In fact about one year in to shooting, I was asked by Sears to shoot an advert for them based on an image in my S&#150;tty portfolio. The problem is that I didn&#146;t have a vocabulary and I didn&#146;t how I did what I did in the first place, so couldn&#146;t repeat what I did. I must have lost about 50-60 percent of the clients I shot for. I would get a great fluke shot and wow them with it. &#147;Hey Ben, we want that! &#147;&#148;GULP &#147;OK&#148; and I would think, &#147;OOOOPPPPSSS Sorry, ummm, I can&#146;t recreate it, I don&#146;t really know how I did that!&#148;

But the good thing was this. I did stuff that nobody would even consider doing if they were taught what and what not to do. One of my techniques that I and perhaps a few people around the world at the time were doing but not aware that we were at the time was the following.

One day I walked in to a camera store in Toronto to ask advice from the sales people who happen to be Ryerson Polytechnical School (Photography) grads now called Ryerson University. They knew all the technique, which I had none of. I asked them for a certain emulsion for doing, if I remember correctly &#147;Cibachrome&#148; or development for slides. They kind of giggled and said, &#147;Here use this and this and this&#148;. I said OK I will&#133;Well lo and behold, they gave me the wrong stuff that became what is now known as cross processing that got me in to L&#146;Officiel, Elle, etc. I was on exposition at the Arles Festival in 1986-7 presenting my C41 stuff with Mondino, Satoshi and Nik Knight. I was known for &#147;THAT&#148; technique.

Well, about five years later I went to Toronto to visit the family. I was being published everywhere. I mean everywhere. I needed some photo stuff and walked in to the same camera store &#147;Toronto Camera&#148; at the time on Yonge Street and there were two of the guys who sold me the &#147;WRONG&#148; stuff.

Well I walked right up to them and said &#147;Thanks for your advice. Do you remember a little joke you pulled on one of your customers? You know, ah you need this stuff for that type of film?&#148; &#147;ahhh yyyeeeaahhh maybe, sort of &#133;WHY?&#148;

&#147;My name is Benjamin Kanarek,&#148; &#147;Your BBBBeeennnnjjjjjjjjammminnnn KKakakakkanarek?&#148; Yeah&#133;&#148;Wow&#148;
I said &#147;I want to thank you for giving me the BEST wrong advice I have ever gotten in my whole life!&#148;

I walked out of the store with a huge smile&#133;

Because of that advice I shot some very interesting Ad Campaigns.

http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/06/21/a-funny-thing-happened-to-me-in-the-camera-store/]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-08 12:59:50</pubDate>
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<title>[Cam] Pentax Image Stabil</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm looking at upgrading my *ist to a K-x. The extra MP's would be nice, but it's the image stabilization that I'm really interested in.

I know Pentax was late to the whole IS thing, but how well have they done with it? I'm going to get a Bigma to go with it, and I'm curious how well Pentax's IS fares with a Bigma at 500mm. As good as any other camera manufacturer? Better? Worse?

Edit: I've been out of the photography loop for awhile, so I kinda don't know what all is going on anymore. Got some catching up to do. :huh:]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-07 13:04:31</pubDate>
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<title>My All Time Favorite Lenses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[My All Time Favorite Lenses

As I have worked with many of the SLR's and Medium Format camera's out there, I want to share with you some of my favorites.  In my career I used Nikon, Canon, Pentax SLR's and all of the Medium Format stuff out there.

My choices are based on my most frequent go for lenses when doing actual projects in the past and present.  

Nikon: 85mm f/1.4 Nikkor Al-S
Nikon: 28mm f/2.0 Nikkor Al-S
Nikon: 50mm f/1.2 Nikkor Al-S
Nikon: 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor Al-S

Pentax: smc Pentax DA 40mm f/2.8 Limited
Pentax: smc Pentax FA 31mm f/1.8 Limited
Pentax: smc Pentax DA Star 16-50mm f/2.8 ED AL (IF) SDM
Pentax: smc Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4
Pentax: smc Pentax DA 12-24 f/4.0 ED AL (IF)

Canon: EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
Canon: EF 35mm f/2.0
Canon: EF 28mm f/2.8
Canon: TS-E 45mm f/2.8
Canon: TS-E 90mm f/2.8

And of course, not to forget two of my favorite 3rd party lenses,

Tamron: SP AF 28-75 f/2.8 XR Di LD (IF)
Tamron: SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro

Well, there you have it.

Ben
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<pubDate>2009-11-06 08:53:05</pubDate>
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<title>Canon EOS 1D Mark IV released....</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23210450</link>
<description><![CDATA[Canon's Website
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=19584

New Wireless Controllers
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0910/09102000canonwft-e2.asp

Vincent La Foret 
http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2009/10/19/lights-out-camera-action/

Rob Galbraith
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-10044-10310

PDN
http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_display/news/e3i7d72e67f57c981694a5866b4e6d19841

Estimated Price of $4999
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1256011201.html

Canon's Sample Images
http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/samples/eos1dm4/]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-10-20 00:06:58</pubDate>
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<title>[Cam] Olympus OM-2n</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23301610</link>
<description><![CDATA[I bought an Olympus OM-2n recently, and had to replace the light seals, which i have just finished.

Now i have to replace the mirror dampers, but i dont want to do this unless its necessary, i`m assuming the purpose of these dampers is to lessen the noise from the mirror, so what i`m asking is this :- do i need to replace them ? ... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-06 11:53:42</pubDate>
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